San Roque Bridge

Santa Cruz de Tenerife · Category: Memory · Subcategory: Sites of memory · Year: S. XVIII

This was the bridge furthest from the sea built during the first half of the 18th century over the course of the Aceite ravine, also known as “El Barranquillo”.

Made of wood, the bridge owes its name to its location at the extension of the old San Roque street, today Suárez Guerra. It connected the highest part of Castillo street with the start of the road to La Laguna, at the western end of the La Consolación neighbourhood. At that time this area was the outskirts and consisted of orchards, wasteland and some isolated buildings.  

The bridge, strategic at that time, disappeared in the 19th century when the Barranquillo ravine was covered over, giving its name to the street we now know as Imeldo Serís.

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